Tls Crossword 988

[walgraver]

Really struggling with this one !
9A - 'the problem of ___ wealth distribution ... will not yield to the well-intentioned Utopian amateurs (7) - G. B. Shaw. I have ??T????
12A - Kay Boyle's characteristic of the 'mountain' that was post-war Germany (7) I have ??O????
21A - Virgin traitor in scene of fatal rockfalls (7) I have T?R?E?A
23A - Early impression given by Darcy - avoiding contact in a get-together (7) I have A?O????
10D - Gypsy queen got jewel with what sounds like happy falsehoods (3, 9) I have ???, ?E?R???E?

[bert_h]

10d MEG MERRILIES

[Lie-in King]

9a "...Optimum (wealth distribution...)"

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/oedqa-remain.html

^scroll down to 'Optimum'

[Lie-in King]

21a Tarpeia (?)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpeia

[Lie-in King]

12a Smoking

http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_smoking_Mountain.html?id=pFe6mQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

[walgraver]

Thanks friends, but I might have more questions !!!

[Nedsmum]

12A is smoking
10D is Meg Merrilees
Could 9A be optimal?
Still stuck on 21A and 23A